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: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
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: [b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}
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: Mon, 13 May 2013 18:14:58 -0700 (PDT)
What exactly does ל֥וּ mean in the following context?
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃
Does it just mean "if," or does it mean something more like "would it might be," "if only," or "Oh that"?
And what does it mean in modern Hebrew?
Michael Gerard Burke
[b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}
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Mike Burke, 05/13/2013
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Yigal Levin, 05/13/2013
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Mike Burke, 05/16/2013
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John Leake, 05/16/2013
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Mike Burke, 05/16/2013
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Yigal Levin, 05/16/2013
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